The Frictionary

Sunday, May 25, 2008

The Frictionary # 179

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1696. I'm so cheap I might as well be free. (Joel Plaskett)1697. There's birth, (...) there's death, and in between there's maintenance. (Tom Robbins)1698. Sport as a spectacle is also used for hating in total conformity with the chart of human rights. (Pierre Foglia)1699. The pause is also part of the music. (Stefan Zweig)1700. A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.* (Dorothy L. Sayers)* Not very original...

1701. Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives. (H.L. Mencken)1702. Remember that the faith that moves mountains always carries a pick. (?)1703. I always thought that menopause meant a pause between men. (Shelley Winters)1704. A free man is the man who has no slaves. (Nicole Védrès)1705. I hate housework! You make the beds, you do the dishes - and six months later you have to start all over again. (Joan Rivers)That's all for edition #179. Your comments and suggestions are welcome. Subscribe and receive this weekly blog in your in-box. Have a great week.

Sunday, May 18, 2008

The Frictionary # 178

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1686. Technology smells fear. (William A. Akers)1687. I have nothing against God, except his fan club. (Jenny Berger)1688. Faithful: one who cheats on the same woman all his life. (Michel Lauzière)1689. If God had meant for animals to live indoors, he would have given them second mortgage. (Tom Robbins)1690. Holding back information is a form of constipation of knowledge. (Théophrate Renaudot)1691. There'll be two dates on your tombstone And all your friends will read 'em But all that's gonna matter is that little dash between 'em. (Kevin Welch)1692. Give a skeptic an inch and he'll measure it. (?)1693. Be kind to your shadow. (Rebecca Lawless)1694. Many have too much, but none enough. (Danish proverb)1695. No one ever says, "It's only a game" when their team is winning. (George Carlin)That's all for this edition. Your comments and suggestions are welcome. Subscribe and receive this weekly blog in your in-box. Have a great week.

Sunday, May 11, 2008

The Frictionary # 177

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1676. If you want to test your memory, try to recall what you were worrying about one year ago today. (E. Joseph Cossman)1677. History is what people are told. (Terry Pratchett)1678. Expecting the world to treat you fair because you are good is like expecting the bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian. (Dennis Wholey)1679. You can make faces at me behind my back all you want, my behind contemplates you. (Gustave Flaubert)1680. You can't ever know yourself completely because you are forever changing...hopefully. (Réjean Lévesque)1681. The [Olympic] Games have often been symbolic wars dressed in short pants. (David Von Drehle)1682. Ambitious people never believe that other people are not. (Tad Williams)1683. Love isn't blind. It's retarded. ("Two and a Half Men")1684. My words fly up, my thoughts remain below. Words without thoughts never to heaven go. (William Shakespeare)1685. Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity. (Natalie Clifford Barney)That's all for this edition. Your comments and suggestions are welcome. Subscribe and receive this weekly blog in your in-box. Have a great week.

Sunday, May 04, 2008

The Frictionary # 176

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1666. The more unpredictible the world becomes, the more we rely on predictions. (Steve Rivkin)1667. I take you now and for always, For always is always now. (Philip Larkin)1668. Winning is not normal. What is normal is to fight not to lose. (Stéphane Laporte)1669. You cannot know yourself if you haven't suffered. (Alfred de Musset)1670. It's better to be X-rayed than to be ultra-violated. (Réjean Lévesque)1671. There's a phrase we live by in America: "In God We Trust". It's right there where Jesus would want it: on our money. (Bill Maher)1672. There's only one everything. (?)1673. A belief which leaves no place for doubt is not a belief, it is a superstition. (José Bergamin)1674. Stupidity gets up early, that is why events are accustomed to happening in the morning. (Karl Kraus)1675. History is the unfolding of miscalculations. (Barbara Tuchman)That's all for this edition. Your comments and suggestions are welcome. Subscribe and receive this weekly blog in your in-box. Have a great week.